Topic: Caste

Identity politics is returning to the centre stage and political parties and next-generation leaders are rushing to carve out a slice.

The failure of the BJP-RSS dispensation in Gujarat to read caste correctly and understand its dynamic political character has led to this present predicament.

Caste and regional divides will influence elections next month but newer concerns such as the economic slowdown and aspirations for progress will also matter.

Since Nitish is being seen as a villain among a large sections of Dalits, and is also an ethically beaten public figure right now, everything he says might appear bad. When India Inc is slowly but steadily moving towards integrating Dalit/Adivasis in their workforce chain, why is this man barking private sector quota at this juncture?    

Nitish Kumar finds himself in a fix as he ditched the backward class constituency in jumping onto the BJP bandwagon. As an astute politician, he realised that all his rhetoric would not work with people. Therefore, he has come out with this trick of demanding a 50 per cent reservation in private sector.

Unlike the BJP, where Amit Shah makes all the decisions, one isn’t sure who holds the baton in the Congress with regards to alliances.

Now, for the first time in decades, caste combinations seem to be drifting away from the BJP, thanks to the rise of Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakore and Jignesh Mevani.

The Congress would put up a fight in Gujarat and show the Prime Minister's clout has reduced. But just forming a rainbow caste coalition won't be enough.

The movie's trailer is rooted in the practice of using pop-culture to give legitimacy to patriarchal notions of women’s bodies and caste stereotypes.

The decision to sub-categorise OBCs for reservation will not help anyone - not the nation, not the upper castes, and certainly not the OBCs.